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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;PennyGuy, post: 1718569, member: 17502&quot;]BostonCoin, don&#039;t worry about purchasing a lower grade early copper coin.&nbsp; Yes, there are those that only appreciate MS grade coins, but I am not one of them.&nbsp; I spent some time with my copy of &quot;American Half Cents&quot; by Roger S. Cohen, Jr. but am unable to make a definative attribution from your pics.&nbsp; In hand can you tell if the 5 of the date is unusually small?&nbsp; All the 05&#039;s have a 5 that is smaller than the other digits, but one is especially small.&nbsp; Another key to examine is the T in CENT on the reverse.&nbsp; If the right foot of the T is present and touches the leaf to the right your coin is a Cohen-2 variety.&nbsp; If the right foot of T is covered by the leaf then look to the 5 in the date again, if the 5 touches the bust it is a Cohen-4 variety, if the 5 does not touch the bust it will be a Cohen-3 variety.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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